Month: May 2017
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Yosemite With A Plan
Tuesday afternoon’s traffic jam made Chicago’s rush hour look tame. We did not want to replicate that experience, so for our return on Wednesday we went with a very simple plan: 1) Get there early. 2) Park in the shade. 3) Walk everywhere. Now, I understand that “early” is a relative term, but we were…
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Yosemite National Park
First, I want to thank all of you for the kind words, both here on the blog and on Facebook, for the tribute to Elvis on my last post. You’re all so thoughtful and your comments mean the world to me and to Michael. With Michael’s parents in a bit of a holding pattern, we…
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This Too Shall Pass
Last week was a bit tough. It didn’t start out that way, and so the eventual roller-coaster made for a rough ride. And I found that even when something is expected that doesn’t necessarily make it easy to deal with. We headed out of Sequoia National Park on Mother’s Day. There is no cell reception…
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We Camped at Sequoia National Park!
I left off the last post describing the Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park. I’m not done! I’ve loved all the National Parks we’ve visited, and Sequoia was no different. Picking back up – we went out to see the General Sherman tree in the fog. That was cool and all, but we had even…
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In The Land of Giant Sequoias
We headed out of San Luis Obispo on Tuesday, May 9th and headed east and north. Our first stop: Sequoia National Monument. We spent two days at this free little spot, and didn’t see another person. (Apparently the road that lead to it had only been open for a few days.) We did see two…
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Two weeks already?!?
It’s kind of hard to believe we arrived in San Luis Obispo on April 22nd. How has so much time passed already? I certainly can’t complain. It’s pretty awesome here. Jacques took us to the nearby town of Orcutt to play disc golf at Waller Pines Park. Waller Pines is actually 36 holes!…
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Life in the SLO Lane
We arrived in San Luis Obispo, California, on Saturday, April 22nd, to hang out for a bit with the California Drazsnzaks (aka Michael’s brother, Jacques, Jacques’ wife, Allison, and their two daughters, India and Phoebe). We’ve been here a couple of times before and enjoyed this area immensely. There’s always something fun to do –…
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All About Elvis
If you follow this blog, you know that we have two dogs, Bailey and Elvis. Both are rescues. Elvis came from a place called Second Chance Rescue in 2002. At the time his age was estimated at 1-2 years. (Doing the math… that makes him an old dog.) Bailey came from the Longmont Humane Society…